structure

Alessio Erioli
Giovanni Checchia
Chiara Colli

image by Giovanni Checchia for structure workshop

structure / organization
 In biological systems
shape determines function
and the energetics of function
dictate the optimal structure required
S. Hyde, The Language of Shape
topology / geometry
Frei Otto
Frei Otto
distributed decision
linear linear non-linear / weighted
processo di branching - West, Brown & Enqvist
D1

D2

D3

processo di branching incanalato nei vincoli della forma globale della mano
processes and decisions act at the

metabolic level
behavioral tectonics
vagueness | anexact
vagueness is not lack of logic but of determinacy

anexact rigorous yet non tending to perfection

Lucy Irvine - Before the After
tectonics
tectonic of elements > tectonic of behaviors
 s1

n1
n2

s2
c1

> s3
n3

x1

Campanile di Giotto Frei Otto - tower study

mereology
 AAVS Dubai 2015
director: Riyad Joucka
computational simulation: Alessio Erioli
scaffolding and construction: Muhammed Shameel
robotic refinements: Suryansh Chandra

AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit

 low cost form to computational machine
composites performance simulation fabrication

AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit

AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit
AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit
AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit
AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit
AAVS Dubai 2015 - Computational Simulation Unit
detail as procedural information
. procedures
conditions of operation > speculative, dynamic

. criteria
constrain the possible realm of the artifact > stable, boundary-like
embedded / logic
capanne Musgum, Camerun
capanne Musgum, Camerun
Musgum huts, Cameroon
 A1: max impact
A2: max omnidirectional flexibility
A3: max flex/torsion
A4: max stiffness/damping

A1 A2 A3 A4
 abstract materialism

matter itself is a structure processing forces

neither completely amorphous nor fully formed

being in transit

Spuybroek - the matter of ornament

 ornament as the result of

external forces processed by internal structures

generating patterns
 structure / ornament

two-fold deterritorialization

Greg Lynn - Digital Tectonics